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Synonyms for comb
koʊmcomb
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Princeton's WordNet
combnoun
a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
comb, cockscomb, coxcombnoun
the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
Synonyms:
cockscomb, combing, common cockscomb, coxcombcombnoun
any of several tools for straightening fibers
combnoun
ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
comb, combingverb
the act of drawing a comb through hair
"his hair needed a comb"
combverb
straighten with a comb
"comb your hair"
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comb out, disentangle, ransackcomb, ransackverb
search thoroughly
"They combed the area for the missing child"
Synonyms:
rifle, foray, disentangle, ransack, loot, despoil, strip, comb out, pillage, reave, plundercomb, comb out, disentangleverb
smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
"comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"
Synonyms:
unsnarl, disentangle, ransack, unwind, extricate, comb out, disencumber, disembroil, untangle, disinvolve, weed out, straighten out
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#3862 | strip | |
#9498 | crest | |
#10008 | rifle | |
#16013 | comb | |
#25353 | loot | |
#25712 | unwind | |
#37254 | plunder | |
#39511 | foray | |
#56137 | combing | |
#60754 | pillage | |
#88509 | extricate | |
#91552 | alveoli | |
#97520 | disentangle | |
#99443 | untangle | |
#133533 | combis | |
#164671 | ransack | |
#228192 | despoil | |
#297444 | cockscomb | |
#299248 | coxcomb |
How to use comb in a sentence?
Experience: A comb life gives you after you lose your hair.
Get yourself a good lice comb, read the instructions and use it.
The comb-over is now defined as a strong side part where the hair is combed over to one side and cut tight around the edges to convey a very vintage look, it is probably the most popular hairstyle that we are seeing.
Giorgos Zambetas, Greek musician:
Experience is a comb that is given to you, when you have already lost you hair.
Draw a crazy picture,Write a nutty poem,Sing a mumble-gumble song,Whistle through your comb.Do a loony-goony dance'Cross the kitchen floor,Put something silly in the worldThat ain't been there before.
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